California. Electric Rav4, sold to fleets mostly, 1997-2003. Both Mercedes and Toyota were partnered with Tesla, but they bailed as soon as Musk showed up. Ford also had a Ranger EV.
Also, due to GM selling the patent for nicad/nimh ev batteries to Exxon, the other manufacturers had to stop selling their existing ev lineup. Then the world had to wait for lithium batteries to mature.
California. Electric Rav4, sold to fleets mostly, 1997-2003. Both Mercedes and Toyota were partnered with Tesla, but they bailed as soon as Musk showed up. Ford also had a Ranger EV.
Also, due to GM selling the patent for nicad/nimh ev batteries to Exxon, the other manufacturers had to stop selling their existing ev lineup. Then the world had to wait for lithium batteries to mature.